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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hesbon Alternative Name: Heshbon, al KurmiyehCountry: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 5.263 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Hesbon Nearest Village: Hesbon
Latitude: 31.818611N Longitude: 35.798889E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Region in Jordan. The region is located on the slopes north/west of the mount west of Hesbon, called al Kurmiyeh. Of over two dozen dolmens formerly described there are now only a very few. Destruction of the rest has been mainly due to the establishment of olive plantations.
There is a cairn on top of the al Kurmiyeh hill, a circle and double circles of smaller unhewn stones, some small menhirs and a good number of round holes (cup-hollows) 1 to 2 feet in diameter. There are also two rock-cut chambers and a possible wine press comprising a square basin, about 20 cm deep, with a connecting channel to a second, lower and smaller basin.
Note: With acknowledgements to H. G. Scheltema 2004
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